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[HTC Aria General] armyengineer51:
Ditto here, Quick Boot is working perfectly. Being able to boot into Clockwork so easily after all the initial difficulty is fantastic!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] BearCavalry:
Are there any music players with these features:

FULL Last.fm and Pandora integration (love/ban track, etc.)

Wired headset control

Volume control from wired headset

Lockscreen control
[XPERIA X10 General] charmz2k2:
Hi guys,

Just looking for a bit of advice...

I've already got an Orange branded X10i, and I just won a competition in which the prize was an sim free, unbranded x10i...

I'm going to sell one and am leaning towards keeping the sim free one, however I just wanted to confirm this would be the best option?

Would there be any benefit in keeping the orange branded one instead?

Many of you are more experienced in this field than me, so I was just wondering what others would do?

Thanks in advance :)
[XPERIA X10 General] SXUsr:
Unbranded is always best imo.
[XPERIA X10 General] iom_jack:
I agree and for sure when you find a better deal in other network you can swap your SIM without having any problem like some other people have in their SIM lock phone (like me) huhuhuhuhuhuhuh
[Touch Cruise General] pinkstuff:
Hello guys i was looking at a couple of roms for some of the other handsets, kind

of comparing goodies we get from each rom.. What i was wondering is the mass

storage mode thingy when you connect the phone to a USB there seems to be options - I have never seen the mass storage option for us on polaris phones.

Could it be that this is only inherent for phones with hard drive built in..Thank you..
[Touch Cruise General] InfX:
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/

Thats the only way i found to get a working "mass storage" mode for my phone. It costs $15 to buy, though. Don't expect it to be fast, too, this phone is USB Full-Speed device, not High-Speed.
[Touch Cruise General] pinkstuff:
thanx

nice one thanks i guess i was only wanting for maybe when i am at my friends and to get something real quick of his p.c but sd cards just as good wiv da hot swap so i best get used to it.. I dnt know maybe i expect my phone to do everything..
[Vibrant General] JWhipple:
Just in case you were looking for a decent IM app, I've tested on my Vibrant and HTC's works perfectly!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=620626
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerkid23:
I hope this isn't a noob question but I did a nandroid back up and I restored the nandroid back up quite a few times now all of a sudden it says vertification failed when I tried the other day.....does that mean its corrupt ??? How can I fix it to get my nandroid restored again????
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerkid23:
Sry wrong section plz delete thread
[HD2 General] mknewman:
I've gotten totally disgusted with the B&N Reader program.

When I first got the phone and loaded the reader it immediately downloaded a .cab to the root and performed an upgrade. Great, I think, this is an app that's currently being supported and I had high hopes.

Upon running it though I found out what a piece of %^&* it really is. It forces a sync to B&N every time you load it! To make matters worse it takes longer and longer each time you add a book, because it has to transfer more and more data! It only supports .epub even though several of the books I owned came down in .pdb format (although that has stopped, I am able to read those few in .pdb format using the eReader.com reader, it seemed perfectly fine with them including the encryption coding using the credit card.

Anyway, what I have found about the B&N Reader is that if you try to do ANYTHING while it is busy it will corrupt your SYSTEM and never run again. So, say you open the reader and are a bit forgetful, and forget for the original Syncing library to finish, open a book, you get "Open failed" and it will then NEVER EVER open a book, old or new. The only way around this is a hard reset back to factory settings, or as I have Sprite Backup, a restore to a prior backup.

Also, if you are reading a book and change some of the text settings, font, spacing, or margins, forgetaboutit, you are toast and must do a restore.

If you download a book and try to do anything, open another book, exit, or whatever, while it is downloading, you get to do a restore.

This thing looks like it was written by a third grader (apologies if you are in Elementary School), and I am so disappointed in it you would not believe. We need to put BIG pressure on B&N to fix this piece of junk.

My guess is that they were in development with it and when M$ announced WP7 would replace WM6.5 they stopped and released it where it was. There may have been a few more upgrades that they slipped in to that .cab it upgraded with (which happens to be the same one that's on their web site), so for now we are stuck at 1.0.0.27.

Anyone got any ideas?

Marc
[HD2 General] Jim Chapman:
Indeed, I could adapt Freda (see http://www.turnipsoft.co.uk/freda , and discussion threads elsewhere on these forums) to read B&N Epubs in about ten minutes work, because the EPUB DRM mechanism is not especially complicated.

But unless the DRM-decoder software is written with the permission of the book publisher (B&N in this case), it consititutes infringement of the DMCA and similar pieces of toxic legislation around the world.

The software could be free (indeed, Freda is free). But it couldn't be public domain (in the sense of open source) because if you publish B&N's DRM-decoding algorithm, you are effectively publishing the recipe for how to rip off B&N books - so the code has to be developed under NDA.

If you do get a useful answer out of B&N, please let me know because I'd be keen to work on the project.
[HD2 General] mknewman:
Letter writing campaign

I highly suggest anyone interested write B&N Customer Support and request support for their Windows Mobile reader.

Marc
[HD2 General] mknewman:
Anyone else notice this new video of what appears to be a new B&N eReader on the T-Mo site: http://htchd2.t-mobile.com/touch-screen-phones-ereader
[HD2 General] wshwe:
Have you tried the Kobo Books Reader app? It appears only in the Navigation Tabs, not the Start Screen.

kobobooks.com
[HD2 General] mknewman:
That won't help me read books I've bought from B&N.
[HD2 General] jimbonics:
When I load up my BN reader and go to Settings --> About, I have version 1.0.0.27. There is also a Check for New Version link there that tells me there are no new updates.

The website vid likely just gussied up the splash screen. Nothing else looked different to me.
[HD2 General] mknewman:
If you look carefully at the video the settings page is quite diffeerent, there are many new options, and new settings. Oh, and yes I am running the latest version, 1.0.0.27 that gets downloaded the first time you run it from a new ROM.
[HD2 General] ctrhenry:
if there is a new version they need to release it. the version out there royally sucks.

My kids and I spend a small fortune at the local brick and mortar store, so much that everyone there knows us by name and the store manager will let my teen daughter run a tab if needed ( not a good thing for dad). They will lose all of my business over this junky reader. I bought the HD2 expressly for Ereader.

Wonder how long we have to wait for a kindle app ?
[HD2 General] brucegil:
B&N Support No Help - I Installed eReader

Like Mark, I saw that the B&N reader was crippled and would show only ePub formatted books I had bought from the B&N website. My e-mails to the B&N staff basically told me to go to the phone company (T-Mobile). B&N clearly has no plans to support this product. There is no B&N reader for Windows Mobile on the B&N ebook website (althought there may be when WinPhone7 comes out).

Interestingly, the latest B&N/Nook reader on my desktop will recognize my HD2. It will let me supposedly sync and copy books from my desktop to the HD2. In fact, the books do get copied, but the reader will not recognize them. I assume this functionality is intended more for Android phones and the iPhone, which do have working B&N readers.

I still had an old version of the eReaderPro program (3.0.3fp Oct. 2007). I was able to install it. It works fine. I do have to unlock the books again after copying them to the HD2. Of course, this version will not run the newer ePub books, so I have to have two programs to access all my eReader and B&N books. I can live with that. But when Barnes & Noble sent me an e-mail offering me a free book because I had not bought one in a while, I didn't even bother.
[HD2 General] mknewman:
There is a newer version of the B&N eReader that is far better, not perfect but definately usable. It should download the next time you run it or you can go to the About page and get it there. It's still not listed on the B&N site but I posted the link for it in another post.

Edit: Found it http://images.barnesandnoble.com/PResources/download/WinMo/BNeReader_1.1.0.22.CAB

Marc
[HD2 General] Camusa:
I have spoken with BN support and they state that they do not support this app, but HTC should.

I spoke with HTC and they told be BN rep was crazy.

The only way I can sideload books is to translate them into the appropriate format (I use Callibre and choose the .epub format specific to the "nook")

Then I download one of the free books (dracula).

Then go into the root directory under program files/BN eReader and you will see a bunch of numbers. If you rename one of these with an added character, put your book in this directory, change the name of your book to the number corresponding to the downloaded book...you will find your book in the list of books you can read, but it will be named "Dracula" with the cover for Dracula.

If you want to change the cover you can drop a JPEG of the cover into the directory Temp/BNImages and do the same thing with the naming convention.

It is a decent little reader, but very unfriendly and a lot of work.

I have not used it for downloaded books from BN, but I would hope that is easier.
[HD2 General] mknewman:
Try the new version, it's far better.
[HD2 General] Camusa:
I thought I had the latest version.

what is the latest build number?

1.10.22...that is what I have.
[HD2 General] AdamsvillE:
Anytime i try to type a text using swype it says type to add text but when i tap the screen or start typing no words show up. The cursor normally blinks to let you know you can type but my cursor just stays on the screen an i cant input anything for a good 15 seconds. If i try to hand to take the keyboard off the screen it takes even longer for the keyboard to start performing like it is suppose to. Sometimes i just start typing and i can type a whole sentence and the words will come up after im done typing and other times it wont come up. I text faster and im more accurate with swype than the full qwerty keyboard so i dont wanna give up on it but it is a nuisance having to wait so long just to type a text. Does this happen to anybody else and is there a way to tweak it to perform like normal.
[HD2 General] akhotch:
It usually happens when you have a long string of text messages. You will see the scroll bar on the right growing smaller as its "catching up" to where you are in the str4ing of text messages. This is the case with mine, so usually when i get around 50-60 texts from one person i will delete the thread so that i dont have to play the waiting game. Not sure of any other way around it that i have come across.
[HD2 General] ttownfeen:
You can always have your text messages backed up on MS MyPhone and then archive older messages on the website. Messages archived on the site will be deleted on the phone.
[HD2 General] donkeypunch85:
T-Town, WA?
[HD2 General] ttownfeen:
Close...well, not really :) AL
[HD2 General] AdamsvillE:
oh ok thanks for the replies. The HD2 is by far the best WinMo phone I have ever had.
[General Questions and Answers] Michael_psgn21:
I bought the Mytouch about a month ago and I'm just wondering if there is a root for this phone without getting my phone bricked or semi-bricked.

Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
Yup, your SD card corrupted the files, from the sounds of it. You're SOL at this point if that's so.

--Swyped from my EVO using XDA App.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sensi_:
as per title there are so many threads trying to put people off buying the SGS, im almost positive they arent real sgs owners.

as the rumors of the 'not up to par' screen (wtf? i mean rly?) and laggy phone complaints, just seems to be spreading, somethings up :P
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
Hm, the above looks a lot like a "fanboy" post....

People compare phones all the time, and like it or not, the iPhone is a benchmark device for many.

For me, some aspects of the iPhone are better than the Galaxy S, some are worse.

Overall, I think I'll stick with the Galaxy S, since I love the screen and believe that Android is getting better. But, currently, the iPhone does provide an overall smoother, more polished user experience, and definitely better battery life, IMO.

Being objective does not mean one is a fanboy. Posting threads like this on the other hand....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
screen wise i'll take AMOLED over the iphone iris whatever screen.

lag... well only affects the non tekki people, but even if i was technologically challenged, i'd not mind rebooting the phone.

heck all the previous phone i've had, it was normal thing to have to reboot them several times a day, specially windows mobiles ones, and all the memory leaks.

on PalmOS it was only when a specific software hungs
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pika007:
I don't care one bit.

I bought this phone for a reason, it stands up to what i wanted from it, and more.

Even if the army of apple fanboys tries to take people "off" buying this phone, i don't know if you follow the news, but it sells MASSES. Crossed over 1 mil units since launch, and that's even before U.S carriers launcehd it.

Plus it's supposed to arrive in 110 contries total, while now it only sells in 13 or so.

So let the apple fanboys say and do what they want, i don't feel any obligation to "fight" them.

Anyone who will get interested and see it's a good device- will take it, regardless of what iZombies say.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sensi_:
lol macboy shutup, i cant be a fanboy you silly ass, ive never owned a samsung

my point is the guy who wrote an essay about how bad he thinks the SGS is and why he is returning it, has got nearly 2000 views on that thread. will put people off and we want more owners for better support.

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
OP, do you consider me one of the iPhone fanboys making SGS look bad too?

BTW, which threads are you looking at that make you feel so persecuted?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mickeko:
You're free to write an essay about why you won't buy an iPhone too... I doubt it'll get very popular though, as there are thousands of those out there already. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it really comes down to "to each their own" choice to get a phone they "believe" is working the way they "think" it is working "properly" for them.

there is no such thing as a perfect phone, else there would be no need for XDA forums LOL :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kcharng:
Phone comparisons are done all the time. people come to forums like this one, some to voice their point of view, some just want confirmation, but most just want comfort after purchase.

Each to their own seemed to be the best way. If you go to iphone forums, you will see iphone bashing posts no worst for wear than any other groups. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] larryccf:
speaking of iphone fanboys

be sure to close the door and put your coffee down before watching this video

http://www.break.com/index/iphone-4-vs-htc-evo.html
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
All serious phone-blogs, that compared the iPhone 4 with the SGS

come to the conclusion, that the SGS is the better choise.

And for all the fanboys out there: the SGS does not drop a call

when you touch the bottom of the phone with your left hand! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
You should go to a poor reception area and do a death grip on your SGS. This problem does affect SGS. I've tried it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MacGuy2006:
You are a fanboy..., you just don't know what you are a fan of :)

I think it's good to have varying opinions and threads - then people can see both the negatives and the positives and make a better informed choice.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Knobibrot:
and how does the "death grip" work on the sgs?

what shall i do?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] larryccf:
jesus - shield the antenna on any radio and it will not get a signal - wtf
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Intratech:
Bull, I tried and and at worst I lose a bar for a second or two.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tameracingdriver:
I always laugh at people who think a phone is worth arguing over.

You pays your money, and takes your choices. There are some people to whom I would never recommend a Galaxy S TBH, and as an ex iphone owner, I still think the iphone is a great phone, but in the end, I was attracted to the google OS and the limitless customisation possibilities. I wanted this, but I also wanted a screen that could rival the iphone 4, and really only the Galaxy S in the UK can do that.

Frankly though, as a phone for the every day person, the iphone is so utterly superior - I wouldn't give my dad a Galaxy S, but I would give him an iphone. I dont think he could be bothered to flash firmwares manually or do NAND fixes or ROM upgrades. He just wants it to work straight away. However, its this "basicness" that put me off the iphone in the end. With some work, in my view, you can end up with a phone OS with Android that far surpasses any iphone in terms of sheer power and flexibility.

Each to their own though. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dakine:
And a single official firmware upgrade rumored to come next week can change all that. It's way too soon to draw conclusions like that.

Best advice right now for "the everyday person" is to keep their money in their pocket for a little while longer since neither phones are working like they should.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] FtL1776:
Theres a difference between the SGS and the iPhone, SGS bars drop, but as a video out there on youtube shows, the download speed remains the same, even when going from 4 bars to 1 bar.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Arkymedes:
I just cried laughing
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
To anyone doing signal testing, please don't be fooled by the number of bars and compare them across different smartphone. There's no unified way of representation, and different phones uses different algorithm to react to signal change.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Desvbo:
hey

after reading a bunch of topics here everyday i feel obligated to say that I do understand both sides and also believe that there are iphone fan boys here ..... w.e

personally i enjoy reading complaints about battery life that has hundreds of comments that state otherwise - , same with the other negative topics, which drive me more and more to the decision to grab one myself....

anyways, overall i enjoy healthy debates but would prefer to keep them out of this forum...

all of the above is my humble opinion and should not be taken offensively

cheers- a future sgs user
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mithent:
Phones do tend to drop signal when held, but the iPhone 4's unique flaw is that it has the antennas on the outside, in such a way that you can connect the GSM/3G and WiFi antennas if you hold it in that corner. The Galaxy S doesn't have its antennas exposed like that.

Incidentally, while I'm not keen on PenTile screens and would love to have an iPhone 4 dot-pitch screen, I have never owned an iPhone and never intend to. I don't want a platform that's built to be locked down and controlled by Apple.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
LMAO !!!! that was awesome :D:p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
The SGS does have problems

Yes, I own an iPhone (3G). I like the phone but want to move to an Android phone as I do not like the restrictions with the iPhone/iTunes and Apple. The iPhone does have issues too but on the whole it is a good phone.

The SGS is a great device but it also has some problems and the biggest one or the deal breaker for me was the poor audio when using it as a phone. When holding the phone to the ear, the sound is poor and muffled. For the person on the other end the experience is also poor with frequent comments like "I am sorry, I can't understand you" and many similar comments.

I have both phones and just swap the SIM and the iPhone wins hands down as a PHONE but for all else, the SGS is way better. Unfortunately, the headset provided with the SGS is also average when compared to what other phone manufacturers supply and because the pinout and impedance of the SGS is different to most other manufacturers, I cannot find a suitable replacement headset. I am forced to look at an alternative and perhaps the Desire will be the one. I know the screen is great, even if the white is not true, but it must work as a phone before anything else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Peter, I personally have not heard complain from my friend saying that my voice is muffled, but I will test it out someday by giving my SGS to them to call me.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
Thank you Steve, I would appreciate your input.

I really don't want to give up the SGS. It may just be my phone but it is not as it should be and the Optus store won't take it back as the seal has been broken and in their quick test, they could hear ok. I can hear too, but it is the quality of the received and transmitted voice that is the problem. I have 38 years experience in the communications industry and I know when something is not quite right.

There is another thread on this forum where others are similar having problems too.

Is there anyone else out there having problems with people on the other end understanding what you are saying?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eaglesteve:
Peter, I have just tested it with my son helping me. This is how I did the test:

I initiated a call from my son's iPhone 3GS to my SGS, and both of us kept swapping the phones while maintaining the conversation.

Both of us agreed that the sound is better on the SGS and worse on the 3GS, but only slightly so. This means that the sound transmitted out of 3GS is only slightly more muffled compared to iPhone 3GS's. Perhaps my ear is not as trained as yours. I'm not bothered enough to make it a tick against SGS yet.

Cheers.

Edit: I just realized that here could be two different interpretation on my finding. Another one could mean that SGS hears better than 3GS,m lol. So, I'm going to repeat a test, making calk from the same third phone to see how it goes. I'll do this test when my other son comes home with his phone, which is a basic Samsung phone. Watch this space.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peterfz30:
Thank you Steve, I appreciate your input.

Clearly, there is a problem with my phone and also some other people who have reported this problem so I will follow it up with Optus and try and get a replacement before looking for alternatives.

On another question, I use my headset all the time but the one supplied with the SGS is an in-ear type (or ear canal type) and will not stay in the ear. I quite like my iPhone headset which is an ear-bud type and much better for my purposes however it wont work on the SGS. My question is, do you know of any ear-bud type of headsets that will work with the SGS and where I may be able to purchase them.

I have tried Samsung Tech support and they couldn't give me an answer and looked around most places in Hobart, where I live but haven't found any suitable ones despite purchasing 4 types to try which didn't work.